22|03|2012

Later this spring Three Rooms Press
is publishing a collection of Minutemen bass player Mike Watt's
diaries, photographs, and poetry, titled Mike Watt: On And Off
Bass. The book contains extracts from from a decade of Watt's
diaries, and images exhibited in 2010 at Track 16 Gallery in Santa
Monica.

Two launch events take place for the book, and
while there's no release date, it will be available at both May
events. The west coast launch includes a performance by Mike Watt
And The Missingmen, and on the east coast Watt, J Mascis, Murph
Appomattox and others perform. New York Le Poisson Rouge
(2 May), California Beyond Baroque (5).